The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse: A Study of the Twelve Films and Five NovelsThe Mabuse phenomenon is recognized as an icon of horror in Germany as Frankenstein and Dracula are in the United States. A study of the 12 motion pictures and five books (and some secondary films) that make up the eight decades of adventures of master criminal Mabuse, created by author Norbert Jacques in the best-selling 1922 German novel and brought to the screen by master filmmaker Fritz Lang in the same year. Both on screen and off, the story of Dr. Mabuse is a story of love triangles and revenge, of murder, suicides, and suspicious deaths, of betrayals and paranoia, of fascism and tyranny, deceptions and conspiracies, mistaken identities, and transformation. This work, featuring much information never before published in English, provides an understanding of a modern mythology whose influence has pervaded popular culture even while the name Mabuse remains relatively unknown in the United States. |
Contents
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The Eyes of Fritz Lang | 20 |
Dr Mabuse the Great Gambler A Picture of the Time | 36 |
Dr Mabuse Inferno A Play About the People of Our Time | 49 |
Premonition | 61 |
A Brief History of Nazi Germany | 62 |
The Testament of Dr Mabuse | 173 |
Dr Mabuse vs Scotland Yard | 188 |
The Death Ray of Dr Mabuse | 203 |
Scream and Scream Again | 213 |
The Life and Times of Jess Franco | 227 |
The Vengeance of Dr Mabuse | 239 |
The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press | 245 |
The Story of Chabrol | 257 |
The Testament of Dr Mabuse | 68 |
The Little Dictator Fritz Lang in America | 92 |
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Mabuse | 112 |
German Trash Cinema The Story of Artur Brauner | 131 |
The Return of Dr Mabuse | 143 |
The Invisible Dr Mabuse | 163 |